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Having already secured the U Sports women’s national basketball championship last season, the UVic Vikes on Wednesday announced their bid to play host to the 2019 and ’20 men’s Canadian university basketball championship.

The joint will definitely be jumping when the annual Gary Taylor Classic basketball tournament tips off this afternoon at Oak Bay. The host Bays will face Cowichan at 2:15 p.m., followed by the St. Michaels University School Blue Jags vs. St.

Eric Florchuk will be thrust into a huge spotlight in just under six weeks.

There is a reason why every referee who walks into the officials change room at Weyerhaeuser Arena in the Alberni Valley Multiplex looks up with such reverence at the Rob Shick-signed game-worn striped jersey hanging on the wall.

It’s amazing how less stressful and easier life can be for a sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Hockey League team — and, in particular, a coaching staff — when it can score seven to nine goals a game.

Noah Gregor took the long route to meet up with his new teammates on Tuesday afternoon.

The Victoria HarbourCats continue to piece together a solid lineup in a bid to return the West Coast League championship series.

The Lower Island senior girls’ basketball season features a new look in 2017-18 as it moves to a tiered format, similar to the senior boys, which should produce more competitive games and valuable experiences for athletes.

Jason Montgomery sputtered off the starting line before moving into gear about three ends in and, thus, drove off with one of two berths to the Belairdirect sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Men’s Curling Championship on Sunday.

The Langford-based Canadian men’s rugby team arrives back to winter on the Island today after having played some of the most feared nations in the sport under the searing summer sun of South Africa, and coming away with a commendable fourth-place fin